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The mystery of the stuttering parrot

1991
In searching for a lost parrot who recites Shakespeare with a stutter, Jupiter Jones' firm of young detectives becomes involved with a missing masterpiece.

Alfred Hitchcock and the Three Investigators in The mystery of the silver spider

1967
A mystery concerning Jupiter, Pete, and Bob, and their involvement with a sinister plot about a beautiful silver spider.

See no evil

1988
Frank Hardy's girlfriend Callie mistakenly recovers a top-secret codebook and involves them in a network of fraud, corruption, and murder.

Sherlock Holmes

selected stories
1980
A collection of adapted short stories originally written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle featuring Sherlock Holmes.

The three investigators in The case of the savage statue

1987
By making the correct decisions, the reader assists the Three Investigators in defeating a killer cult, whose members have kidnapped a ransom victim to get their hands on a valuable statue.

The three investigators in The mystery of the headless horse

1985
When three junior detectives search for a valuable old Spanish sword lost since the Mexican War, the headless statue of a horse yields a clue.

Scooby-Doo and the samurai ghost

2010
Scooby and the gang head to Japan where the ghost of an ancient samurai is haunting a construction site.

Scooby-Doo! and the deep-sea diver

2003
The dog detective and his friends look for a treasure map on board an old clipper ship, but there is a ghost after that map, too.

The Westing Game RB#130

1998
The mysterious death of an eccentric millionaire brings together an unlikely assortment of heirs who must uncover the circumstances of his death before they can claim their inheritance.

Wishbone mysteries

The Maltese dog
1998
Someone begins playing practical jokes on the players from the Sequoyah Bulldogs basketball team. The evidence seems to point to Joe as the guilty party. Joe and Wishbone race to discover the truth before the mystery tears the team apart!.

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